Librarian: Ms. Bacon Library Assistant: Ms. Kruper 1) Please log on a computer 2) Once you’ve done that, turn off your monitor, and… 3) Get out something to take notes on/with. Skyline Library Librarian: Ms. Bacon Library Assistant: Ms. Kruper

vs. Report Writing Research Analyze a perspective or argue a point Summary with specific details Explanation of a situation, event, book, etc. Research Analyze a perspective or argue a point present your own thinking (thesis) backed by others' ideas, research, and findings

So… …if writing about the Vietnam War, you’d read newspaper articles and books and interview veterans to develop and/or confirm a viewpoint and support it with evidence

In research, citing sources is a must: MLA Formatting and Style

Definitions In-Text Citation: the brief note so the reader: 1) knows the fact/idea came from another source 2) can look at your Works Cited page and find the exact location of the idea/fact looks like…

Definitions… Works Cited: the last page of a research paper, includes full citation information for all sources cited in your paper and no other sources looks like…

How to Cite Suggestions: Books and subscription databases are the most reliable and the easiest to cite. Other online sources can be as reliable, but you need to do more work to validate the source’s authority Use online citation makers, just be sure to double-check Purdue University – OWL site

FYIs: Accessing Databases from Home Passwords and other access info can be found if you click on the black star on the library home page:

FYIs: Formatting your paper in MLA Margins Font Line Spacing Alignment Header (above the margins) Heading (four things) Even if not asked, add a… title

FYIs: MLA Paper Formatting Template Go to: Library Page > Resources by Subject > Research and Writing> MLA Template: Word OR Google Doc Personalize it! Due date: September 28, 2016 If you are using Word, save this to your server folder > File > Save as > click on Computer to the left > then see your server file with your name on the right.

Note: MLA 7 vs. MLA 8 The new version came out in April Teachers, students, database-keepers, etc. are all learning at the same time. When given an option, choose MLA 8 for citations But some citations provided/generated even when you choose this are not complete and give little info – so double-check! If it looks like there isn’t much information in the provided citation, manually add it And as we all learn, you may have both properly formatted citations in both MLA 7 and MLA 8 in your Works Cited page This is acceptable

The Assignment: Generally speaking, you will practice citing a book and a database by creating a Works Cited page and showing what an in-text citation should look like on your properly formatted MLA document. You will use Word or Google Docs, EasyBib (an online citation maker), Skyline/KCLS databases, and a book for this assignment

The particulars are on the handout as well as in the slides that follow … the directions are very specific so please follow them closely

1) Personalized and properly formatted MLA document Done! you just did that in Word or Google Docs and you still have it open on your computer

Go to EasyBib.com Login or Sign up 2) EasyBib not necessary right now, but if you want to add a coupon code, it’s: skylinehs

Click on “Bibliography” under your new project name… Create a “New Project” Name your project nothing else needs to be filled in but choose MLA 8 Click on “Bibliography” under your new project name…

3) Citing a Book Ideally, it would be nice if you searched our library catalog for a book then went to go find it… but for the sake of time, you will please use the book at your table In your EasyBib bibliography, choose the “Book” tab

The enter the ISBN# in the box, then “Cite This” Locate ISBN# on back of book and cite the book It’s the bottom-most number, starting with # 978… (no spaces/dashes); do NOT use the Skyline Library code The enter the ISBN# in the box, then “Cite This”

The title of the book will appear > choose orange “Cite This”> then orange “Create Citation” at bottom of page

4) Citing a Database (and KCLS Database info) Go to the Library homepage and choose “Databases & eBooks” Choose a database with “KCLS” in particular “KCLS eBooks…” Use info on bookmark … your user name is 411 followed by your ASB# your pin is the last four digits of your ASB#

Using the search box at the top, search for something… Once your search list is generated, click on an orange article title to open the article Find the citation on the page. Databases have an icon for this at the top or side of the page. It may say “Cite this,” “Citation,” or just a pencil icon… When the citation dialog box opens, copy the citation if available, choose MLA 8, if it’s not an option, MLA 7 is fine don’t export, etc. – formatting tends to change

Go back to EasyBib Choose the “Database” tab Then on the bottom right corner – choose “Copy & Paste” Then paste your database citation and “Create Citation” This database citation will join your book citation in your project’s bibliography.

5) Create a properly formatted Works Cited page There is info here on how to create a properly formatted Works Cited page from EasyBib Library page > Resources by Subject > Writing and Research > Creating a Works Cited…

2) Then from drop-down list choose “Print as Word Doc” 1) Click on the orange “Export” tab at the top of your bibliography list 2) Then from drop-down list choose “Print as Word Doc” -the other options probably work too, give it a try 3) Then the orange “Download for MS Word” 4) It will open a Word document with a correctly formatted Works Cited page

Copy all information from your just-created Works Cited page 6) Adding your Works Cited to your personalized and properly formatted MLA document Copy all information from your just-created Works Cited page be sure to keep all formatting And add it to page two of your personalized and properly formatted MLA document that you have open. And one more step – the in-text citation!

7) In-text Citation Example On your MLA template, where it says “Begin first paragraph…” delete that and literally write these two statments, finishing each line with the correct information (more info on next slide): This is what an in-text citation should look like from the book source in my Works Cited list below: (correct citation here). This is what an in-text citation should look like from the database source in my Works Cited list below: (correct citation here).

Remember, an in-text citation needs to be in parentheses followed by a period. What goes in the parentheses is the first word in on your Works Cited list… Author's last name if there’s an author, followed by a page number – for this example – everyone will use page 10 and because an in-text citation is as brief as possible, you do not add a comma nor the word “page”, nor “pg”, nor “p” – it is just the number No author? just include the first word in the entry if there are quotes around this word, you must add the quotes in the in-text citation

8) Title And because you should get in the habit, add a unique and useful title.

Should look something like this:

And your whole assignment should look something like this…